Congratulations Dan O’Donoghue of Lackabane, breeder of Abunchoftools, who won yesterday’s TA Morris Stakes at the National Coursing Meeting in Clonmel. He also bred Tree Top Kerry (Adios Alonso x Tanyard Kerry)who was yesterday beaten in the third round by the winner of the Horse and Jockey Hotel Oaks. Well done Dan and all involved in today’s success. Aboounchoftools (Adios Alonso x Tanyard Kerry), was trained by John Browne for the Glory-Kilmihill-Syndicate. He won by two lengths in the final.

GAA: Waterford Crystal Cup (hurling): Cork 2-21 Clare 0-18, Jan 24th in Mallow. Mark Ellis made his first appearance of the season as a late sub. [report]

Singerson Cup (football): UCC 3-15 Cork IT 1-6 – Michael Vaughan came on at half time for CIT and scored a point, but UCC won the game easily, Jan 27th at the Mardyke [report]

Fitzgibbon Cup: CIT 0-17 DCU 0-6, Jan 29th. Mark Ellis came on in the 40th minute to score a point and push CIT on to victory. [report]

Waterford Crystal Cup Final: Cork 1:16 Limerick, Sat 31st Jan, Mark Ellis (#19) came at half time, played well and gave good strength and structure to Cork, at a time when they were well behind [report]

GAA: Kevin Crowley came on in defence at the 47th minute, for a Cork team that made light work of University of Limerick (Cork 6-16 UL 0-7) in the semi-final of the McGrath Cup [reports on CorkGAA.ie, PeoplesRepublicOfCork]

“Kevin Crowley oozed class,when he came on,got a great point and sprayed the ball well. His cameo,you just know he is destined for greatness.” – report on PeoplesRepublicOfCork

Kevin Crowley had been handed his first senior start at corner back for McGrath Cup final against Kerry on Sun 19th Jan @2pm in Mallow [match preview] (14th Jan) … only for him to pull out with a hamstring injury a few days before. Final score- Cork 1-11 Kerry 0-10

St.John’s GAA have a new twitter account to help keep track of all their fixtures and results @stjohnsgaaclub

Official gradings for U18, U16, U15, U14, U13 & U12 Football teams in Cork for 2014 have been released

GAA: Congrats to Kevin Crowley who was named in his first Cork Senior Football Squad, and then came on in the second half to score a fantastic goal, as Cork easily beat LIT by 3-22 to 0-6 in the McGrath Cup on Sunday 5th January [see our article with preview, photo and reports]

Kevin Crowley is at #20 again for Cork, in the Semi-Final of the McGrath Cup against UL at 2pm on Sunday 12th [teamsheet] (7th Jan)

Greyhounds: Crossfield Lois won the semi-final of race 5 – The Bartlemy Rd Ltd. A3 525 Stakes. Semi-Final (Grade : A3) Flat 525, by a neck in a time of 29.01, at Curraheen Park on December 21st [result]

Ballydaly Danube won Race 9 – The Two Wheel Training A1 525 Stakes. Semi-Final (Grade : A1) Flat 525, in a time of 28.78, at Curraheen Park on December 21st [result]

Millridge Laura finished second in race 8 – The Benefit Night’s at the Stadium 750 (Grade : D4/5) Flat 750 in a time of 43.99, at Tralee on December 21th [result]

Mountleader Ilya finished second by a head at in race 2 – The Tote Trio Pool 325 (Grade : S6/7) Flat 325 in a time of 18.22, at Tralee on December 20th [result]

Road Bowling: Tom Browne won the Gerald Healy Cup final at Kilcorney where he beat Kevin Ruby in the last shot (1st Dec). They were locked together in the early stages. Browne gained odds down the hill and went almost a bowl clear at Coleman’s bridge. Ruby cut the lead to Cullinane’s and pressed on to force a last shot.

GAA: Freshers League Final: UCC 2-11 DCU 1-11, Dec 12th. Kevin Crowley in great form again and scoring a point [report]

Best of luck to Jerry Doody and John Tarrant, who have been reelected as Cultural Officer and PRO respectively [read article]

Rallying: Best of luck to Charlie Drake who has been appointed to the New South Wales Rally Committee to try and improve and rebuild the sport over there.

Greyhounds:Crossfield Lois won race 10 – The Bartlemy Rd Ltd. A3 525 Stakes. Round 1 Heat 3, in a time of 28.76 at Curraheen Park (13th Dec). Into the final next weekend 🙂 [result]

TaeKwon-Do: Congrats to Triona O’Sullivan and Joshua O’Sullivan who won gold medals at the Irish International TKD Championships, last weekend (23rd Nov). Triona won three gold medals in Tul, Sparring, and a team gold, while Joshua who won a sparring gold [article]

John Murphy Cup (Munster School’s Soccer): Millstreet CS will play Carrick on Suir CBS in the Munster quarter final, after they won their group, by beating St.Fanahans College (Ennis) 3-1 and Col.Mhuire Buttevant 6-2 [results & tables] [JohnMurphyCup]

Athletics: At the Munster Juvenille B Cross Country Championships (Sunday 1st December, Beaufort, Co. Kerry): Congrats to Billy Cronin who won the Boys U17 race, and to Emily Ring who helped Cork to team gold in the U15s. Well done also to the other Millstreet AC athletes – U13 Orla Buckley, and U11 Ian Buckley [results] [Millstreet AC Report]

In the Masters Cross Country Championships also held in Beaufort on 1st Dec, Donal Coffey finished 12th in the mens, 9th in the O35s, and 2nd for the O35s Club Team [results]

Greyhounds:

Millridge Matt won Race 8 – K.G.S.Supporters Club Sweepstake Final (Grade : A2) Flat 570, in a time of 31.35 at Tralee on Sat Nov 30th [result]

Millridge Ghost finished second in race 4 – K.G.S.Supporters Club Sweepstake Final (Grade : S5) Flat 325, in a time of 18.29 at Tralee on Sat Nov 30th [result]

Mountleader Iyla finished second in race 1 – Welcome to the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium 325, in a time of 18.07 at Tralee on Sat Nov 30th [result]

Crossfield Colt won race 2 – The Macra Na Feirme A3 550 (Grade : A3) Flat 550, by two lengths in a time of 30.27 at Curraheen Park on Saturday Nov 30th [result]

Ballydaly Danube came second in Race 4 – The Macra Na Feirme A1 550 (Grade : A1) Flat 550, in a time of 30.59 at Curraheen Park on Saturday Nov 30th [result]

Ballydaly Sword came second in Race 8 – The Macra Na Feirme Open 525 (Grade : AA0) Flat 525, in a time of 29.16 at Curraheen Park on Saturday Nov 30th [result]

Millridge Zach finished second in Race 8 – The Kate Browne’s Grandstand Restaurant 525 (Grade : AA0/0) Flat 525, in a time of at Tralee on Fri Nov 29th [result]

Athletics: Congratulations to Billy Cronin of West Muskerry Athletics Club who won a bronze medal with the Cork Team in the All Ireland Junior Cross Country Championships in Santry, Co.Dublin over the weekend (Nov 17th). Well done Billy! [results]

TaeKwon-Do: Congrats to Triona O’Sullivan who represented the Millstreet Club at the German Internationals last weekend, winning the sparring

Congrats to Triona O’Sullivan and Joshua O’Sullivan who won gold medals at the Irish International TKD Championships, last weekend (23rd Nov). Triona won three gold medals in Tul, Sparring, and a team gold, while Joshua who won a sparring gold [article & photo].

GAA Scór Sinsear: Congrats to theMillstreet team who won the Tráth na gCeist Munster semifinal last night March 23rd in Mallow, and go forward to the Munster Final In Templemore on April 6th. Well done to Pat Sheehan, Jerry Doody, John Tarrant, and Liam Flynn (results)

Greyhounds:Millridge Laura finished second in race 6 – The Benefit Night’s at the Stadium 525 (Grade : A4) Flat 525 in a time of 29.65 on Tuesday evening March 19th in The Kingdom Greyhound Track [result]

Sabatini (Tom & Finbarr O’Leary) won Race 2 – The Curraheen Park Racing on Good Friday 330 (Grade : S3) Flat 330 in a time of 1824 in Curraheen Park on Saturday evening March 23rd [result] – see the race video below

Millridge Euro won the race 5 – Newmarket Ladies Football Buster Semi-Final (Grade : A4) Flat 570 in a time of 31.73, in Tralee on Saturday March 23rd [result]

Millridge Laura won Race 7 – Newmarket Ladies Football Buster Semi-Final (Grade : A4) Flat 570 in a time of 31.61, in Tralee on Saturday March 23rd [result]

GAA Scór Sinsear: County Final – The Millstreet Question Time team had an easy victory in the County Final in Ovens on Saturday night (March 2nd) to record their 16th title in a row. St. John’s were seen to be very unlucky, coming second in the Novelty Act, and without success in the Recitation and Ballad Group. However, St.John’s got some consolation when they were awarded the best club in the county. [full results]

Rallying: Danny Creedon finished in 17th position in the Moonraker Forestry Rally (held in East Cork) driving a Subaru Impreza [results]

Athletics: Padraig Moynihan competed in the Athletic Indoors in Nenagh 2013. Padraig finished third in the shot to qualify for indoor All-Ireland on the weekend of 23rd and 24th March. [see full report]

Graded Indoor Meet Athlone IT 2013: Tony Kelleher finished 4th in an excellent time of 2:00:83 [results]
Adare 10K: Brian O’Connor ran a good time of 45:28 [results]

GAA Scór: Well done to the Millstreet GAA Question Time team of John Tarrant, Jerry Doody and Pat Sheehan who won the semi final of Scór Sinsear in Ovens Saturday night (Feb 16th).

Well done also to the St.John’s Club who’s Recitation (John O’Sullivan), Ballad Group, and Novelty Act are also in the final, which is to be held in Ovens in two weeks time (2nd March @ 7pm) [see the full lineup of participants]

Also congrats to Eileen O’Riordan, Dromsicane winning bronze in the Shot Put (V2) with a throw of 8.16m also at the All-Ireland Masters Indoor Champtionships in Athlone on (9th Feb) [see photo and more]

Coursing: Chloé Collins’ bitch “Come on Bella” ran in the Kitty Butler Stake at the National Coursing Finals in Clonmel this weekend. In the first round was on Sunday morning before the interval, she beat Killahy’s Babe; in the quarter-finals Monday morning, she beat Blades Of Joy, but was beaten in the semi-final Monday afternoon (Feb 3rd) by Catunda Magic who went on to win the final. [see the Kitty Butler Stake results]

Rallying: 2013 Irish Tarmac Rally Championship started in Galway this weekend. Liam Moynihan was co-driving for William Mavitty in a Mitsubishi Evo 9, but they went out in stage 3 of the 8 stage event. [results]

Thomas Howard from Dromtarriffe Badminton Club who will be traveling to Barcelona in February representing Ireland

GAA: Waterford Crystal Cup Quarter-Final (Senior Hurling): Cork 4-16 WIT 1-8, Sat 26th 2pm in Páirc Uí Rinn. Mark Ellis played at full back in the Cork Senior Hurling side. He had been picked at full back after a good campaign with CIT last year. (See team selection).

Rugby: well done to Emily Clearly on an outstanding display for Ballincollig women’s rugby team in their Munster Cup victory over Shannon last Sunday (Jan27th) on a scoreline of 5-12. ( match report )

Soccer: All games were cancelled due to the woeful weather (weekend of Jan 26th/27th)

Badminton: Congratulations to Tomas Howard from Dromtariffe Badminton Club who has just been selected on the Irish U13 mixed badminton team who will travel to Barcelona, Spain next month to take part in the Catalunya Open.

GAA Scór: At the Duhallow finals on Friday 25th Jan in Kanturk Golf Club, St. Johns GAA won the Recitation, Novelty Act, Instrumental Music and Ballad Group, while their Set Dancers finished second. Millstreet GAA won the Question Time which made it a very successful night for the local clubs. They all progress to the county semi-final in Coachford on the weekend of February 15th/16th. [read more …] “Results & Fixtures – 28th January 2013”

2013-01-05 Mary, Chloé and Teddy Collins’ bitch Come On Bella kept the Oaks Trial Stake at home in Millstreet this year. The Collins Family are all working members with Millstreet Club which made the meet great local success. pictured above with family and friends (photo Seán Radley)